Radio host and TV presenter Chris Tarrant has been given a road ban after pleading guilty to drink-driving. The 71-year-old was over the limit while behind the wheel of his Mercedes on December 16 in Bucklebury, close to his home in Berkshire. Tarrant, wearing a navy suit and striped tie, entered a guilty plea to the charge at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Thursday morning. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £6,000. The court heard Tarrant’s breathalyser reading was 50 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath – the legal limit being 35 microgrammes.

Source: Irish Examiner January 18, 2018 10:41 UTC